THIS LONESOME NOISE

spare a key

you industrial

revolution

you need the split

bark

not the forest

not the wood

not the temple

not the gate

unlock the room

you need you

James Croal Jackson is the author of The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights Press, 2017). His poetry has appeared in The Bitter Oleander, Rust + Moth, Cosmonauts Avenue, and elsewhere. Find him in Columbus, Ohio or at jimjakk.com.